This issue focuses on:


1)
Exploring the significance of territorial spatial planning by stressing
its necessity and main ideas under the contemporary background of
ecological civilisation construction in China, while re-examining the
role of landscape architects in this reform.

2) Strengthening
research on related methodologies and techniques of urban ecological
planning, ecological security pattern, ecological infrastructure, and
ecological restoration to improve cities liveability and resilience and
rebuild harmonious human-nature relationship under a mandatory planning
framework combined with resilient measures, avoiding inflexible
ecological conservation practices.

3) Analysing and learning from
diversified efforts made by different countries and regions to promote
urban development while protecting ecosystems, particularly their
experience on territorial, regional, and urban planning that is
significantly valuable to the Chinese counterpart, to leverage the value
of territorial natural resources.

4) Exploring feasible approaches
that help restore urban ecosystem structure and ecological elements, and
improve planning and design methods on specific sites, so as to enhance
spatial construction and ecological quality, to eventually improve a
national eco-security pattern with scientific and user-friendly planning
and design.

5) Encouraging applications of research frontiers in
geology, macro-ecology, regional economics, public management, and
sustainability science.